How to move an object that is replicated from Exchange Server 5.5 by the Active Directory Connector to another container in Active Directory

This article describes how to move an object that is replicated from Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 by the Active Directory Connector to another container in the Active Directory directory service.

You may experience an issue where you cannot successfully replicate an object from Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 to a particular Active Directory container. This issue occurs even if you modify the destination container in the properties of the Recipient Connection Agreement.

To cause an Exchange Server 5.5 object to be replicated to a different container in Active Directory, use one or both of the following methods, depending on your requirements.

For a mailbox object

An Exchange Server 5.5 mailbox

If the object that you want to replicate to a different container is a particular Exchange Server 5.5 mailbox, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the mailbox by using Microsoft Office Outlook.
2. Export the mailbox to a personal folder file (.pst). To do this, follow these steps:
   1. On the File menu, click Import and Export.
   2. In the Import and Export Wizard that appears, click Export to a file, and then click Next.
   3. Click Personal Folder File (.pst), and then click Next.
   4. In the Select the folder to export from list, click Mailbox � User Name. In this option, User Name is the name of the user whose mailbox you want to export.
   5. Click to select the Include subfolders check box, and then click Next.
   6. In the Save exported file as box, type the path of the location where you want to save the .pst file, and then click Finish.
   7. In the Create Microsoft Personal Folders dialog box that appears, click OK.
3. Delete the mailbox from the Exchange Server 5.5 computer. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Start the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program. To do this, click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click Microsoft Exchange Administrator.
   2. Under your organization, expand your site, and then click Recipients. In the right pane, click the mailbox that you want to remove, and then click the Delete button.
   3. On the following message that appears, click Yes:
      Are you sure you want to delete �Mailbox User Name�?
   4. Quit the Exchange Administrator program.
4. Give sufficient time for the mailbox removal information to be replicated to Active Directory. You can also force replication of the Active Directory Connector Recipient Connection Agreement to cause the mailbox removal information to be immediately replicated to Active Directory. To do this, follow these steps.
   
   Note These steps assume that you have configured the Recipient Connection Agreement to replicate deletions. If you have configured the Recipient Connection Agreement to write deletions to a file, you must apply the Win2000.ldf file to Active Directory to process the mailbox deletion.
   1. Start the Active Directory Connector tool.
   2. Locate and then right-click the Recipient Connection Agreement, and then click Replicate Now.
   For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
   253829� Description of the Active Directory Connector deletion mechanism
5. Re-create the mailbox. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Start the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program.
   2. Expand your site, and then click Recipients.
   3. On the File menu, click New Mailbox.
   4. On the General tab, enter the user information in each corresponding box, and then click Primary Windows NT Account.
   5. In the Primary Windows NT Account dialog box that appears, click Select an existing Windows NT account, and then click OK.
   6. Locate and then click the account of the user for whom you want to create this mailbox.
   7. Click Add, and then click OK.
   8. In the User Name Properties dialog box, click OK.
6. Give sufficient time for the newly created mailbox information to be replicated to Active Directory. You can also force replication of the Recipient Connection Agreement to cause the mailbox creation information to be immediately replicated to Active Directory.
7. Import the personal folder file to the newly created mailbox. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Log on to the mailbox by using Outlook.
   2. On the File menu, click Import and Export.
   3. In the Import and Export Wizard that appears, click Import from another program or file, and then click Next.
   4. Click Personal Folder File (.pst), and then click Next.
   5. In the File to import box, type the path where you saved the .pst file in step 2f, and then click Next.
   6. Click Finish.

A Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server mailbox

If the replicated object has an Exchange 2000 Server mailbox, follow these steps:

1. Verify the deleted mailbox retention period on the server that is running Exchange 2000 Server. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Start the Exchange System Manager tool.
   2. Expand Administrative Groups, expand your administrative group, expand Servers, expand your Exchange 2000 Server server, expand your storage group, right-click Mailbox Store (SERVERNAME), and then click Properties.
   3. Click the Limits tab, and then view the Keep deleted mailboxes for (days) value in the Deletion settings area.
   By default, Exchange 2000 Server keeps deleted mailboxes for 30 days. For the purposes of the following steps, make sure that the Keep deleted mailboxes for (days) value is not set to 0 (zero).
2. Delete the affected user's mailbox. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Start the Active Directory Users and Computers tool. To do this, click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
   2. Locate and then right-click the user whose mailbox you want to delete, and then click Exchange Tasks.
   3. In the Exchange Task Wizard, click Next.
   4. In the Available Tasks list, click Delete Mailbox, and then click Next.
   5. On the Delete Mailbox page of the Exchange Task Wizard, click Next, and then click Finish.
3. Give sufficient time for the deleted mailbox information to be replicated from Active Directory.
4. Connect the user account to the deleted mailbox. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Start the Exchange System Manager tool.
   2. Expand Administrative Groups, expand your administrative group, expand Servers, expand your Exchange 2000 Server server, expand your storage group, expand the mailbox store that contains the deleted mailbox, and then click Mailboxes.
      
      Note When a mailbox icon has a red X covering the icon, the mailbox is disconnected. If the mailbox that you deleted is not already marked as being disconnected, right-click the Mailboxes object, and then click Run Cleanup Agent.
   3. In the right pane, right-click the disconnected mailbox, and then click Reconnect.
   4. In the Select a new user for this mailbox, locate and then click the original mailbox owner, and then click OK.
   5. On the following message that appears, click OK:
      The operation has completed successfully.
   6. If you receive the following error message, click OK:
      The object has not been replicated to the destination server yet. Wait for replication to complete and try again.
      
      Operation: Updating Mailbox Resources on server 'SERVERAME'...
      ID no: c1031731
      Exchange System Manager
   7. Right-click Mailboxes, and then click Run Cleanup Agent. The mailbox is no longer marked as disconnected.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

For a custom recipient or a distribution list

Warning If you use the raw mode of the Exchange Server Administrator program (admin /r) incorrectly, serious problems may occur that may require you to reinstall Microsoft Windows NT Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, or both. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that result from using raw mode incorrectly can be solved. Use raw mode at your own risk.

1. On the computer that is running the Recipient Connection Agreement, stop the Microsoft Active Directory Connector Service. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
   2. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
      net stop "microsoft active directory connector"
2. On the computer that is running Exchange Server 5.5, start the Exchange Administrator program in Raw mode. To do this, click Start, click Run, type the following command, and then click OK:
   C:\Exchsrvr\bin\admin.exe /r
   
   
   Note If Exchange Server 5.5 is not installed in the C:\Exchsrvr folder, modify this command accordingly.
3. On the File menu, click Connect to server.
4. In the Connect to server box, type the name of the computer that is running Exchange Server 5.5 and that is specified in the Recipient Connection Agreement.
5. Click OK.
6. Expand the site, and then click Recipients.
7. In the right pane, click the custom recipient or the distribution list, and then click Raw Properties on the File menu. Depending on the object that you selected, the distribution list Properties dialog box or in the custom recipient Properties dialog box appears.
8. In the distribution list Properties dialog box or in the custom recipient Properties dialog box, click ADC-Global-Names in the Object Attributes list.
9. Remove the contents of the Attribute values list, and then click OK.
10. Follow steps 7 through 9 to remove all the values for the ADC-Global-Names attribute for each Exchange Server 5.5 custom recipient or distribution list.
11. Quit the Exchange Administrator program.
12. Give sufficient time for the modified attribute information to be replicated in the Exchange organization.
13. Delete the custom recipients and the distribution lists that you want to remove.
14. Give sufficient time for the removed mailbox information to replicate throughout the Exchange organization.
15. Start the Microsoft Active Directory Connector service.

Note If you do not delete the value of the ADC-Global-Names attribute, deletion information is replicated to Active Directory by the Recipient Connection Agreement. In this situation, the following will be deleted:

• The Active Directory contact that corresponds to the Exchange Server 5.5 custom recipient
• The Active Directory distribution group that corresponds to the Exchange Server 5.5 distribution list

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: